NGC 6174
| Galaxy NGC 6174 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 29 m 23.8 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 52 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2197 |
| Redshift | 0.027512 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 8248 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(376 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.2 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1849 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6174 • PGC 58334 • CGCG 224-047 • MCG + 07-34-82 • GC 4213 • | |
NGC 6174 is a 14.0 mag bright, elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Hercules .
It was discovered on March 26, 1849 by George Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons . NGC 6174 is one of three nebulae that Lord Rosse found while observing NGC 6173 in 1849. The exact classification of the property cannot be found in the description. For example, some databases (NED, Simbad) classify PGC 58331 as NGC 6174.
Web links
- NGC 6174. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6174. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6174. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .